To not bath my kids every day?

[Roxetta]

I have a 2 year old and an almost 5 year old. DH works away a lot and I'm finding the whole daily schedule so tough on my own. I bath them both every day at the moment, but I'm wondering, would it be wrong of me to skip the odd bath now & then? DD1 is an exceptionally clean kid, DD2 not so much. But DD2 gets baby wiped within an inch of her life after every meal because of all the mess she makes.

How often do you bath your kids? Would not bathing them daily be wrong of me?

2/3 times a week here. He's a sweaty sleeper but doesn't smell and isn't grubby, unless he's just had food (so gets wiped down). His skin is very dry and bathing everyday aggravates it until it is red a sore. So I'll be avoiding daily bathing as much as possible.

Shower every other day here for 6yr old DD

Mine were only bathed every couple of days and they've grown up to be pretty hygenic.

I never got this whole bath to calm them before bed myth. The opposite worked for me.

I knew someone who bathed her DD every morning and night and covered her in moisturiser everytime. I nearly slapped her when she told me that 😂 not really bit I did tell her probably not the best idea. Don't think she listened she's a total clean freak. Give yourself a break OP.

I have never bathed my Dd daily. She typically gets baths twice a week or occasionally more frequently if needed.

She hated baths from day 1 and never got past it as an infant. No chance I was stressing the baby out daily when she was already clean.

Some people do daily baths as part of a sleep routine and if that works for their kid, then great. But it doesn’t work for every kid.

Kids definitely need a nightly bath, unless they have a skin condition. They get clean and relaxed ready for bed. I've smelled some kids and the whiff is quite something and very unfair to them. It also teaches a lifetime habit of daily bathing which is essential. Why are you struggling with it so much? Maybe drop something else so you have the energy to enjoy this ritual before they get too big

I used to when mine were in nappies as they would get poo all over their bottoms and genitals!
Since toilet trained every other day

For Heaven's sake, how long does it take to bathe them? It's something most small kids enjoy and parent enjoys doing it. Plus they are clean!

Give up something else, not bathing.

I’m in the minority too.
Bathed every single day for the past 4 years since the day they came home from hospital.
They’ve always needed a bath from cheesy milk collecting behind their ears, a poonami that was hard to clean, sat in a urine filled nappy for 24 hours between baths, to now being at school every day and not wiping her bum exceptionally well, playing with mud, dirt, sand, toys that another 25 children have touched, she’ll be dancing and get sticky, or gymnastics class and be sweaty, or swimming and be covered in chlorine.
Every day she has food smeared over her face and sand in every orifice from sitting in the school sandpit.
Her toddler brother grabs toilet seats in public toilets or rubs his head against filthy bus seats, has fingernails deep in dirt, food everywhere etc.
I hate the thought of putting them in a clean bed and clean pjs covered in dirt and germs.
I only wash their bedsheets every other week as they are straight out of the bath and in freshly washed pjs every single night.

We dropped most of the baths after they were six months. Weekly bath and a daily shower. Either in with DH or I and when they could walk, they used the wet room and had a quick play under the shower whilst I grapped them for a quick wash over. Much quicker than baths and they thought it was fun.

I have never bathed my kids every night. Every 2/3 days normally.

I'm in the majority too, as my 3.5 and almost 5 year old always have an evening bath.

Dinner, bit of a play, bath, story then bed.

They enjoy it and a good soak gets all the pen off their hands!

Do those who bath every night wash girls or boys long hair. My 3yo has long thick hair and to be honest washing and drying it takes a long time with lots of screaming. Way to traumatic for a daily event . Tried not washing it but she still dunks her head.

Plus the immersion takes an hour to heat the bath costs a fortune

Yes they are in nappies but they get a thorough scrub with wipes or warm water/ cotton wool every nappy change and faces scrubbed after meals so I don't bother with daily baths.

A nice big bubble bath mid morning on a Sunday & maybe 2 quick hose downs with the shower spray on a Tues & Thurs straight after school club (5pm ish)

None of this before bed stuff. Im too busy sorting dinner, online banking, cleaning up, putting washing on & getting stuff ready for work/school.

Mine are bathed every day. I notice that on the few times they haven't had a bath before bed it takes them longer to settle.
DH works away all week too, but I either take the time to sit down for five minutes in the bathroom or they have a a very quick bath.

Nope, every other day here too on average.

There's nothing else I would drop given they get home at 5.30pm. For my family, the most important things are:

1. Running around outside / swimming in the pool after school
2. Eating dinner together as much as possible;
3. Bedtime stories.

Children will understand the importance of personal hygiene as they get older, they will not be misguided or misinformed by a bath every other day.

Besides, I'm pretty sure most kids go through a soap dodging stage!

I’m actually really surprised that people don’t bathe their children every day?! Are these people also not bathing or showering daily themselves?!!! I would think my toddler who wears a nappy would be even more likely to need daily soaking than me? Yes I clean her with wet wipes but really... is that soaking the dirt from under her nails etc? I wouldn’t want to go to bed dirty myself, so my daughter is bathed every evening and clean pyjamas.

I've never bathed my son everyday I bath him about 3 times a week x

Hi there. My opinion is that baths should occur on the hour, every hour. As I possess all the cute God made, its my opinion that counts.

I bath mine daily.. they get dirty playing and they sweat under the duvet. It’s part of their routine and they love it. If you don’t want to, fine. But I find it just as quick as wiping them

Little bit of dirt never hurt anyone.........
2/3 times a week.
DD’s Hair washed once a week.
Neither have any skin problems

Hell no. DD hated baths from the day we got her home, there was no way they would ever have formed part of a soothing bedtime routine. I had to bath with her until she was about 3... the alternative was risking a trip to A&E due to slippery struggling panicking toddler.

switswoo81 - DD has very long, thick hair. I suspect that infrequent washing is actually quite beneficial - she's got wonderful hair. My hair's gone to hell since I got pregnant, I'm rather jealous!

Wow! When I was a kid we usually got a bath twice a week in the winter, three times a week in the summer (as it's hot and you sweat more). Even today I don't shower every day.

Mine are every other day at the most. It aggravates their eczema to be done any more frequently